Conal Sheridan sentenced to seven years, with final 18 months suspended

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Conal Sheridan was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to concurrent seven-year prison terms for sexual offences against a younger girl, with the final 18 months suspended for two years subject to strict conditions. The court also ordered him to have no direct or indirect contact with her.

The court heard that the abuse took place between 2004 and 2011, when Sheridan was aged between 11 and 17 and the complainant between nine and 16. The woman told the court the abuse had “literally destroyed my life”.